Windows Embedded Blog
A look at Embedded and other Cool Stuff.
Samsung i320, Photos, TechEd Europe and Starbucks.
This week I'm in Barcelona for TechEd Europe - the weather is great, it's about 60F (much better...
Author: mikehall Date: 11/06/2006
Sue Loh explains Virtual Memory.
If you've wondered how virtual memory works, or why an operating system needs virtual memory then...
Author: mikehall Date: 11/05/2006
Next stop, Barcelona for TechEd (Developers) Europe
It's Sunday 5th November (Bonfire night aka Firework night or Guy Fawkes night in the UK - I wonder...
Author: mikehall Date: 11/05/2006
Virtual Labs - Feedback ? - Want more ?
For the CE 6.0 and XPE Feature Pack Launch we posted seven virtual labs online (only five are...
Author: mikehall Date: 11/05/2006
CEAppCompat - Location.
If you have existing CE 5.0 based applications or DLLs you probably want to determine whether these...
Author: mikehall Date: 11/04/2006
CE 6.0 Electronic Picture Frame using CellCore to pull photos from RSS feeds
Check this out - While Rory was in my office talking about the differences between CE, XPE and WEPOS...
Author: mikehall Date: 11/03/2006
Feedback on the "Virtual Launch" ?
If you attended the "Virtual Launch" event I'd be interested in your feedback on whether this works...
Author: mikehall Date: 11/02/2006
EETimes: Windows Embedded CE 6.0 Article.
There's an interesting article covering the updates for CE 6.0 on EETimes site - this talks about...
Author: mikehall Date: 11/02/2006
Channel9: The difference between Windows CE, Windows XP Embedded, and Windows Mobile.
Rory Blyth has just posted a video to MSDN Channel 9 that discusses the difference between Windows...
Author: mikehall Date: 11/01/2006
CE 6.0 and XPE Feature Pack 2007 Launched! and 100% Kernel Shared Source.
Today, November 1st Windows Embedded CE 6.0 and Windows XP Embedded Service Pack 2 Feature Pack 2007...
Author: mikehall Date: 11/01/2006
CE 6.0 and XPE Virtual Labs now Live!
Get ready to take Windows Embedded CE 6.0 and Windows XP Embedded Service Pack 2 Feature Pack 2007...
Author: mikehall Date: 10/31/2006
Download the CE 6.0 Evaluation Kit now! (but only if you are in Australia)
On November 1st the Evaluation kit for Windows Embedded CE 6.0 will be available for download -...
Author: mikehall Date: 10/31/2006
Using Sysinternals ProcExplorer on XP Embedded
I've been building a demo for Windows XP Embedded Service Pack 2 Feature Pack 2007 - the demo boots...
Author: mikehall Date: 10/31/2006
Channel 9 guy gets spooky.
Even the MSDN Channel9 guy is getting into the halloween spirit. - Mike
Author: mikehall Date: 10/31/2006
WEPOS and DST Changes in 2007.
Starting in the spring of 2007, Daylight Saving Time (DST) start and end dates for the United States...
Author: mikehall Date: 10/31/2006
Windows XP Embedded Service Pack 2 Feature Pack 2007 RTMd - Eval available for download.
Today Windows XP Embedded Service Pack 2 Feature Pack 2007 was released to manufacturing (RMTd) -...
Author: mikehall Date: 10/31/2006
Rory Blyth drops by...
Rory Blyth, the newest recruit to MSDN Channel 9 dropped by on Friday afternoon - about a year ago...
Author: mikehall Date: 10/28/2006
Visual Studio 2005 Code Snippets (download).
If you are writing C#/VB code you might be interested in some of the code snippets that are...
Author: mikehall Date: 10/25/2006
CE 6.0 Registry Editor and Default Keys.
I'm setting up a CE 6.0 operating system image that boots with the standard explorer shell (desktop...
Author: mikehall Date: 10/24/2006
Windows Embedded CE 6.0 - Product!
We have some of the first Full Packaged Product (FPP) boxes of Windows Embedded CE 6.0 here in the...
Author: mikehall Date: 10/23/2006
TechEd Europe - DEV211 - CE 6.0 What's new for Embedded Developers.
At TechEd 2006 Developers/Europe I'm delivering DEV211 "CE 6.0, What's new for Embedded Developers"...
Author: mikehall Date: 10/23/2006
RTM, Launch == Trip around the World (again)
November 1st is the launch event for Windows Embedded CE 6.0 and Windows XP Embedded Service Pack 2...
Author: mikehall Date: 10/23/2006
CE 6.0 and XPE Feature Pack Launch Event - Golden Ticket.
The CE 6.0 and XP Embedded Feature Pack launch event is getting close (November 1st!) and you can...
Author: mikehall Date: 10/23/2006
MEDC 2007!
Can you believe that today was the first meeting of the content owners for MEDC 2007 (the Mobile and...
Author: mikehall Date: 10/23/2006
XPESP2FP2k7: FBWF
There's another technical article covering XPESP2FP2k7 FBWF posted on W4D today. Here's a link to...
Author: mikehall Date: 10/19/2006
Imagine Cup - Windows Embedded Invitational.
For the last couple of years we've been running the Windows Embedded Student Challenge (WESC) which...
Author: mikehall Date: 10/18/2006
Windows XP Embedded Service Pack 2 Feature Pack 2007 - Command Line Tool.
Whew! - that title sure did take some time to type... Perhaps I will shorten this to XPESP2FP2k7 in...
Author: mikehall Date: 10/18/2006
WE-DIG SumoRobot (.NET MicroFramework) Competition
WE-DIG are running a .NET MicroFramework SumoRobot competition - The neat thing about this...
Author: mikehall Date: 10/18/2006
MSDN TV: Why Microsoft has three embedded operating systems.
Microsoft has three embedded operating systems, these are... Windows Embedded CE 6.0 Windows XP...
Author: mikehall Date: 10/16/2006
CE 5.0 application Compatibility on CE 6.0
Windows Embedded CE 6.0 introduces a new kernel architecture to support kernel mode drivers (user...
Author: mikehall Date: 10/12/2006
Windows Embedded CE 6.0 RTM is not a Windows Mobile release.
I've had a number of questions come through on e-mail about the recently announced Windows Embedded...
Author: mikehall Date: 10/08/2006
CEFileWiz updated for CE 6.0 RTM bits.
I've updated CEFileWiz to now support CE 4.2, 5.0, and the new CE 6.0 release - you can get the...
Author: mikehall Date: 10/08/2006
Mobile Connections Conference: November 6-9 (Las Vegas)
If you are looking at building mobile aware applications (and who isn't these days?) for Windows...
Author: mikehall Date: 10/08/2006
Microsoft Robotics Studio October CTP now available.
The Microsoft RoboticsStudio team have just announced the availability of the Robotics Studio...
Author: mikehall Date: 10/08/2006
Windows XP Embedded: ImageDiff Evaluation available.
Here's another great reason for you to take part in the Windows XP Embedded Service Pack 2 Feature...
Author: mikehall Date: 10/06/2006
Why is OSS Commercial Software So Expensive?
The following question is taken from SlashDot An anonymous reader asks: "Our startup honestly wanted...
Author: mikehall Date: 10/04/2006
Article: Component Enhancements in Windows XP Embedded SP2 Feature Pack 2007
The Windows XP Embedded development team are working on a series of articles that describe the...
Author: mikehall Date: 10/04/2006
CE 6.0: Writing a managed application using VS 2005.
The CE 6.0 development tools will be shipping as a plug in to Visual Studio 2005 - you can develop...
Author: mikehall Date: 10/03/2006
CE 6.0 - Change in PostLink.bat behavior.
Windows CE 5.0 introduced a cool update to Platform Builder Projects (PBPs), CE 5.0 sub-projects can...
Author: mikehall Date: 10/03/2006
CE 6.0 - Solutions, OSDesigns and PBWorkspaces
A typical Windows CE 5.0 install would place a number of folders on your development PC, the...
Author: mikehall Date: 10/01/2006
Book: Windows Embedded for Point of Service / Pos for .NET Step-by-Step.
You may know Sean Liming as one of the Windows Embedded MVPs, or as the book author for the...
Author: mikehall Date: 09/28/2006
CE 6.0: Visual Studio 2005 SP1 Beta Available for Download
Somasegar's MSDN Blog has details for the Visual Studio 2005 SP1 Beta download (available from the...
Author: mikehall Date: 09/27/2006
CE 6.0 Launch Date announced - Attend the Virtual Event.
CE 6.0 Launch Date has been announced - Make a note in your calendars for November 1st 2006 8am PST...
Author: mikehall Date: 09/22/2006
CE 6.0 - why the codename "Yamazaki" ?
I've been asked why we used the name "Yamazaki" as a codename for CE 6.0 - There's some history...
Author: mikehall Date: 09/20/2006
Windows XP Embedded Virtual Lab now LIVE !
Good news everyone, the number of Embedded Virtual Labs has now been extended to include a Windows...
Author: mikehall Date: 09/19/2006
CE 6.0 Launch Videos - A peek behind the scenes at Microsoft Studios.
On Friday September 15th CE 6.0 released to manufacturing, over the last couple of weeks we've been...
Author: mikehall Date: 09/18/2006
CE 6.0 has been released to manufacturing (RTM).
On Friday September 15th CE 6.0 was officially released to manufacturing - there are three main...
Author: mikehall Date: 09/17/2006
Channel 9: Don Syme - F# Demo Video now live!
Yesterday Channel 9 posted an interview with Don Syme from MSR - today the second part of the video...
Author: mikehall Date: 09/14/2006
Zune Details on Microsoft PressPass.
Zune information has just appeared on Microsoft PressPass - also keep an eye on ComingZune.com...
Author: mikehall Date: 09/14/2006
MSDN Channel 9: F# - Interview with Don Syme, MSR
I recently caught up with Don Syme from MSR - Don has done many great things over there in MSR...
Author: mikehall Date: 09/13/2006